810 rirrrrouirru conenmss. snss. 11. ons. 272-275. 1897. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws, the name of Mary S. Higgins, the widow of Jacob Higgins, who was a Mexican veteran of Pennsylvania and colonel of the One hundred and twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry in the war of the rebelliciln, and pay her a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of that w ich she is now receiving. Approved, February 20, 1897. February 20, 1897. CHAP. 273.-An Act To increase the pension of Clara L. Nichols, widow of Brevet ·———··—w— Major-General W. A. Nichols. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g];;g;£;¤r:;]»°h §ta¥s1ofAg»ericaf in] Cirngrgzéss assegzdbled, ghat de] pension of Clara L. ' ic o s wi ow 0 the ate revet ajor- enera ’. A. Nichols of the United States Army, be, and it is hereby, increased from thirty hollars per month to fifty dollars per month, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place the name of the said Clara L. Nichols upon the pension roll at the rate of fifty dollars per month, subject to the provisions of existing pension laws. Approved, February 20, 1897. ‘ February 22, 18W. CHAP. 274.-An Act Granting a pension to Betsey J. Webber. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United . gets1J- W¤\•\¤¤¤·-· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the °" °°’ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the · pension roll, subiect to the general pension laws and regulations, the name of Betsey J. Webber, dependent mother of Otis Webber, deceased, late private of Company K, Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment Infantry Volunteers. Received by the President, February 10, 1897. [Non: BY run Dnrnnrmmr or STATE.··—Th6 foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] February 22, 1897. CHAP. 275.-—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hans Johnson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United inns Johnson. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the P°"“"’“‘“°"°‘°°"‘ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hans Johnson, late corporal of Company I, Twenty- seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and to pay said Johnson a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month from and after the date of the passage of this Act. Received by the President, February I0, 1897. [Norm nv rim DEPARTMENT or S·rAr1¤:.-The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]
